Clico policyholders disappointed over plans to sell Methanol shares
Sunday, February 9, 2014The Clico Policyholders Group (CPG), led by Peter Permell, yesterday said it was “deeply concerned and disappointed” that all of Clico’s 56 per cent shareholding in Methanol...
View ArticlePNM leadership race heats up
RENUKA SINGHSunday, February 9, 2014Dr Keith Rowley and Penelope Beckles-RobinsonAs the race for political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) heats up, fresh conflict and race allegations...
View Article3 more killed
Jensen LaVendeSunday, February 9, 2014Three men were killed in separate shooting incidents that occurred between Friday night and yesterday.
View Article183 teens give birth at Mt Hope for 2013
Shaliza HassanaliSunday, February 9, 2014The Mt Hope Women’s Hospital has recorded 183 teenagers giving births for 2013. The teenagers had all attended the hospital’s
View ArticleRevising a tradition
Austin FidoSunday, February 9, 2014Veteran masman Anderson Patrick, portraying the Black Indian, was among the many colourful traditional mas players who turned out to display their costumes at...
View ArticleBirds roost in Grande town centre
Shaliza HassanaliSunday, February 9, 2014A flock of birds believed to be martins, roosting on wires in Sangre Grande. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZHundreds of dark-coloured birds, identified as Martins, flock...
View ArticleNigel Khan: T&T’s reading culture has changed
Sunday, February 9, 2014Judging from the 250,000 paying customers at his stores last year, Nigel R Khan believes the T&T reading culture has developed. “We have serviced 250,000 customers
View ArticlePTSC board members fete while buses shut down, workers cry out for better...
Radhica SookrajSunday, February 9, 2014Dr Vincent LasseCalls are being made for the Integrity Commission to investigate what is being described as “wastage of public funds” at the Public Tran
View ArticleCriminology lecturer: Drug dealers using more sophisticated techniques
Charles Kong SooSunday, February 9, 2014University of the West Indies (UWI) criminology lecturer Daurius Figueira says drug dealers are using increasingly sophisticated techniques that can evade...
View ArticlePloy to undermine Customs at Piarco
Charles Kong SooSunday, February 9, 2014There is a deliberate ploy to undermine the operations of the Customs division at the Piarco International Airport in order to justify p
View ArticleAll Our Relations
As told to BC PiresMonday, February 10, 2014Artist and permaculture specialist John Stollmeyer in his version of the tuxedo.My name is John Stollmeyer and I teach people about permaculture.
View ArticleHow loud is too loud?
Monday, February 10, 2014Orinthia Schmidt Student, Hugh Wooding Law School
View ArticleDrunk man crashes outside police station
Monday, February 10, 2014Police place barriers to direct traffic after a 23-year-old driver lost control of his car and crashed into the vehicles which were parked outside the Mon Repos Police Station...
View ArticleDuprey—Clico’s profits ‘irrelevant’
Shaliza HassanaliMonday, February 10, 2014Former CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey says the $3.8 billion after tax profit Clico made in 2012 is “irrelevant to him.”
View ArticleYears of hard work erased
Joshua SurteesMonday, February 10, 2014Akilah Jaramogi, founder of Fondes Amandes Reforestation Project, St Ann’s, sits at her desk. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZIn weary tones, Akilah Jaramogi tells me how the...
View ArticlePenny focuses on good leadership
Monday, February 10, 2014Chairperson of the women’s league of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Pennelope Beckles-Robinson says leadership the major issue affecting the country. In a stateme
View ArticleApologise for racial comment
Richard LordMonday, February 10, 2014Long-standing member of the People’s National Movement (PNM), Louis Lee Sing says an apology must be forthcoming from the leadership for
View ArticleBrowne calls for wisdom during campaign
Richard LordMonday, February 10, 2014Opposition MP Dr Amery Browne is calling for discernment, wisdom and respect from all sides contesting the People’s National Movement (PNM) national executive...
View ArticleCumuto man killed in highway crash
Monday, February 10, 2014A 40-year-old man was killed in a car crash in Cumuto yesterday. Reports indicate that around 4 am, Cumuto resident Jeffrey Antoine was driving along the Churchill-Roos
View ArticleDevant Under Threat
RENUKA SINGHMonday, February 10, 2014Devant MaharajGovernment Minister Devant Maharaj says he has been bombarded by threatening text messages from a woman who has been trying to “extort f
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